Sentences with phrase «work as a reformer»

Her work as a reformer and an advocate for democracy in the country has been a decades - long struggle that included 15 years of house arrest under the military junta government.

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I wish someone had told that to the Reformers, some of whom were burned for translating the Bible into their native languages so people could read it, who argued for salvation by grace against a salvation by works Gospel, who argued for Jesus as the son of God, uncreated, instead of just one among many of «God's» created beings.

I can not pass over in silence the fact that In working at this task — I should like to call it a christological concentration — I have been led to a critical (in a better sense of the word) discussion of church tradition, and as well of the Reformers, and especially of Calvin.

A doctrine of Purgatory as punishment is certainly vulnerable to the charge of creating salvation by works rather than grace, and in my view the reformers were correct to reject it.

Beginning with the experience of Paul, the Christian view of this world which came to theological expression in the Reformers and which has now been revived with great power in the contemporary Protestant theology, has always shown a certain distrust of identifying human efforts toward the good with the divine work of redemption on the ground that the good as man knows it and seeks it is really of a different order from the good revealed in Christ.

One can hardly blame these Reformers for simply being more consistent than their Catholic contemporaries, but one can regret the loss of the eucharistic prayer as the proclamation of all God's works from creation to final consummation.

Martin Luther, the first of the Reformers to formulate a radically new understanding of the Christian idea of vocation, argued that any kind of regular and legitimate work in the world — manual labor, parenting, civic activity — could be a vocation or a calling so long as the Christian did that workout of love for Cod in service to humankind.

Two influential, non-Catholic figures immediately come to mind: sociologist Max Weber described a «Protestant work ethic» that explained the rise of capitalism and modernity on the basis of a disembodied understanding of salvation inherited from the Reformers; and systematic philosopher Georg Hegel hailed the Reformation, «the all - enlightening Sun,» as ushering in modern times by freeing «the specific and definite embodiment of Deity» from any «outward form» so that one may be reconciled to God «in faith and spiritual enjoyment.»

Running instead as the candidate of the left - leaning Working Families Party, Ms. Niou positioned herself as a reformer who would break with Mr. Silver's brand of politics, earning the bulk of the endorsements and donations in the race.

«I'm really excited to introduce this man who is outer - borough working dad, a public school parent, a lifelong progressive reformer and a leader who champions New York as a city of neighborhoods and families,» she said.

The first described her as a «law professor and reformer who has worked to stop government corruption and served as a national director of an organization advocating for greater political accountability.

«No responsible candidate for governor can accept the nomination of the Working Families Party and be taking seriously as a fiscal reformer.»

Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, drew scathing reactions from good government groups and reformers after he announced on Friday he was going to work for Hilltop Public Solutions, a campaign and public relations firm closely tied to Mr. de Blasio, while serving in the Assembly.

As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes, subsidies and inflationary policies, but as a reformer he also worked against corruption, patronage, and bossisAs a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes, subsidies and inflationary policies, but as a reformer he also worked against corruption, patronage, and bossisas a reformer he also worked against corruption, patronage, and bossism.

Determined to continue the work of Chris Grayling, Mrs May set out her stall as a welfare reformer:

Gubernatorial front - runner Andrew Cuomo yesterday made a tentative bid toward establishing himself as a genuine Albany reformer — serving notice that he will not accept the nomination of the union - controlled, ethically challenged, under - federal - investigation Working Families Party.

A reformer who won the lion's share of labor endorsements in the race, including that of the Working Families Party, Torres was supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera, who ousted disgraced and jailed incumbent Pedro Espada, Jr. in 2010, as well as by the Bronx's most popular elected official, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (who has broken with his father on social issues like LGBT rights and marriage equality).

Business groups and right - leaning editorial pages have mounted a sustained assault on the party, including urging Mr. Cuomo, who has positioned himself as a reformer, to forswear an alliance with Working Families.

Hi Rachel, With my new job I have just started walking to and from work each day which is about 35 mins each way (5 days a week) am doing over 10,000 steps on these days as well as 3 — 4 x Reformer Pilates classes a week.

We do this in a couple of our studios as well but we mainly focus on dynamic reformer work, developing a method that really adheres to the principles of good technique, alignment and control.»

«We get people to do more traditional gym moves that are more functional, such as squats and lunges after the reformer work, to wake up certain muscles and mimic the things that you would do outside of the studio enabling you to get stronger in those positions,» explains Luke.

As an Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening Practitioner, the Aaron Mattes Method and STOTT PILATES Mat and Reformer Instructor with 25 years of working with bodies, I have found a way to help those with Hyper mobility learn to stabilize in order to mobilize safely.

Significantly, neither of them likely views himself as an education reformer since their work is not specific to a particular setting, demographic, or type of school.

Reformers will also quite frequently point to a place like Washington, D.C. and say that reforms, such as to teacher evaluation and merit pay, «worked» there.

As I observed last year in Letters, three decades as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn'As I observed last year in Letters, three decades as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn'as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn't.

As uneven and stumbling an effort as it was, he says, «It demonstrated that reformers needed to be engaged in politics and policy and suggested some of the ways that worked and did not.&raquAs uneven and stumbling an effort as it was, he says, «It demonstrated that reformers needed to be engaged in politics and policy and suggested some of the ways that worked and did not.&raquas it was, he says, «It demonstrated that reformers needed to be engaged in politics and policy and suggested some of the ways that worked and did not.»

The legislature's leadership and commitment for the past six years, combined with Mayor Peterson's and Ball State University's ability to authorize charters (and willingness to do so), along with reform - minded superintendents such as Eugene White working to improve the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), demonstrate to the country's education reformers that Indianapolis is prime territory for innovation and investment.

Knowles, this year's recipient of the Alumni Council Award, has faced many of these five challenges head - on through his work as a school leader, reformer, researcher, and policymaker.

It means reformers need to sweat things like perverse incentives and whether a policy is likely to actually, you know, work as intended, even when they'd rather focus on moral exhortation or larger causes.

He has received national attention for moves favored by reformers, such as opening 75 new schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school route.

Since the success of Singapore's programs relies in many ways on more traditional approaches to math education, such as explicit instruction and giving students many problems to solve, in some ways its very success represented a slap in the face to American math reformers, many of whom have worked hard to eliminate such techniques from the teaching canon.

Back to reformers: If these results stand — and possibly improve as more teachers hold these roles and help one another succeed — can we possibly all work together to change policies and systems to support giving every student access to excellent teaching, and giving every teacher outstanding career opportunities without being forced up and out of the classroom?

That strikes me as a correct, and hopeful, conclusion because most of this work is within «our» (reformers») control.

In that book, as on plenty of other occasions, I infuriated «would - be reformers» by suggesting that they were failing to listen to or acknowledge the insights of those who actually do the work.

Although September 11 briefly arrested the nation's work on domestic issues, 2002 is still shaping up as a significant year for education reformers.

Having spent a lot of time with reformers over the past 25 years, I can confidently report that most will privately concede that much didn't work out as hoped or as they'd anticipated.

First, the story's heroes — public school teachers who kept their heads down and did wonderful work in their classroom — don't quite behave as we might expect from those critical of the reformers» agenda.

If you think I'm wrong, that things are working out splendidly and just as advertised, then feel free to skip this article and my recent book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer.

On the Ed Next blog, Mike Petrilli writes about some of the approaches education reformers should consider embracing if we want to give less affluent kids a better shot at moving up: 1) working harder to identify talented children from low - income (and middle - income) communities and then providing the challenge and support to launch them into the New Elite via top - tier universities, and / or 2) being more realistic about the kind of social mobility we hope to spur as education reformers.

At a more micro level, some of the most forward - looking reformers who began as «structuralists» — the leaders of such CMO's as KIPP and Achievement First, for example — have grasped the necessity of a solid, coherent, well - structured curriculum, have worked to develop the requisite materials, expertise, and staff training, and are systematically operationalizing the results throughout their networks.

But let's face it, reformers: As long as we're working to fix the schools of «other people's children,» we're only going to get so faAs long as we're working to fix the schools of «other people's children,» we're only going to get so faas we're working to fix the schools of «other people's children,» we're only going to get so far.

That person's job is to do education politics and policy — to work with members of Congress and governors, to understand how a bill becomes a law, to provide moral support to reformers as they fight it out in the states and at the local level.

The divide among education reformers over how much regulation and oversight are needed for school choice to work is highlighted as reformers react to Betsy DeVos's nomination as education secretary.

This year we are honoring Richard Strong who, for most of his career, worked privately as a teacher of teachers, educational reformer, and researcher.

He describes the work of school reformers who wish to use business solutions or technology to fix the problems of education as missing the point.

Because of her advocacy for school choice, her presence alongside Trump (as well as Bannon and Sessions) makes it even harder for Black, Latino, and Asian reformers who champion choice to continue doing so without risk of damaging their work with the men, women, and children who look like them.

These and other critiques have sparked a flurry of internal discussion and debate about the future of the coalition — a fairly healthy conversation as reformers work to grow a more diverse movement, but one that has also left people divided over just how existential these problems really are.

Reformers believe that if teachers are subjected to «market forces,» such as merit pay and job insecurity, they will work harder to improve the education they provide for their students.

And finally, reformers must embrace their work as a moral force for lifting up communities the same way Micheaux did with his films.

It is also critical to get Beltway reformers and social enterepreneurs such as charter school operators to work more - closely with grassroots advocates.